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  • Film:The Pan-Pacific International Expo: Site of the 1915 American Grand Prize & Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Jan 27 2016

    Film:The Pan-Pacific International Expo: Site of the 1915 American Grand Prize & Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Of the 11 Vanderbilt Cup Races held from 1904 to 1916, the most exotic location was clearly the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race held in San Francisco at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A 1942 Composite Aerial of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field-Updated 1/26/16
    Jan 25 2016

    Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A 1942 Composite Aerial of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field-Updated 1/26/16

    As requested by popular demand, here was the first Mystery Aerial of 2016. (11 comments)


  • The Race to a Doctorate: Michelin, Bibendum and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
    Jan 23 2016

    The Race to a Doctorate: Michelin, Bibendum and the Vanderbilt Cup Races

    Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has spent ten years researching Michelin's graphic history. In July 2015, Pau completed his doctorate thesis "The forgotten years of Bibendum: the American stage of Michelin in Milltown." Design, illustration and advertising at tire companies (1900-1930). . (4 comments)


  • Film of the Week: The 1938 Flying Wombat- The Car That Thinks for You
    Jan 22 2016

    Film of the Week: The 1938 Flying Wombat- The Car That Thinks for You

    One of the most spectacular cars that appeared in 1938 was The Flying Wombat- "The Car that Thinks for You." (2 comments)


  • Anatomy of a 1910 Survey: Proposed Location of the Deer Park Lodge
    Jan 20 2016

    Anatomy of a 1910 Survey: Proposed Location of the Deer Park Lodge

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci was fascinated by last week's post on the Deer Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge and especially the 1910 March survey. (2 comments)


  • Inside the Wheeler Farmway Bridge #1: 1990s, 2008 and 2016
    Jan 19 2016

    Inside the Wheeler Farmway Bridge #1: 1990s, 2008 and 2016

    Of the 60 Motor Parkway bridges documented on the website, one of the eight still standing bridges is unseen by 99.5% of the people who walk and ride on it- the Wheeler Farmway Bridge #1 in Queens. Three brave Motor Parkway buffs have ventured inside this virtually inaccessible bridge. (6 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #3 Solved: Harry Grant driving an Isotta in the 1913 Elgin National Trophy Race
    Jan 18 2016

    Mystery Foto #3 Solved: Harry Grant driving an Isotta in the 1913 Elgin National Trophy Race

    Stuart Middlemiss challenged you to solve this weekend's Peter Helck's "Mystery Painting." (3 comments)


  • The Making of “Chrysler’s Chrysler: The Painting” Updated 1/18/16
    Jan 16 2016

    The Making of “Chrysler’s Chrysler: The Painting” Updated 1/18/16

    Automobile artist George Ellis has created a beautiful watercolor of the 1937 Chrysler LeBaron Town Car. George has provided this background on the making of "Chrysler's Chrysler: The Painting." (9 comments)


  • ClassicCars.com: Amelia Island Concours to host 11 motorsports trophies with the winning race cars
    Jan 15 2016

    ClassicCars.com: Amelia Island Concours to host 11 motorsports trophies with the winning race cars

    ClassicCars.com reports on the 2016 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance which will feature Amelia's "Trophy Cars" - eleven significant competition cars and the famous trophies they won in some of history's fabled classic races." (2 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #60: Deer Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge (Dix Hills)
    Jan 13 2016

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #60: Deer Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge (Dix Hills)

    The 60th and final bridge documented in the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge series is the "parkway bridge" over Deer Park Road (now Deer Park Avenue) in Commack. (2 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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